Category: Social Movements
AGPA 2022: People-Centered: Addressing ASEAN Crises Together
by Anisa | Dec 18, 2022 | Blog Post, Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0
The first ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly (AGPA) was organized in 2012, where it successfully...
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Seminar on Human Rights and Business for Civil Society in Asia, 19 September 2022, at UNCC Bangkok, Thailand.
Towards A Stronger Corporate Accountability in Asia
by Anisa | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Social Movements | 0
On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...
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Ms. Saing Siem at Women’s Dialogue Program: The Concept of Gender Justice and Social Justice in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 30th August 2022. Photo by Phun Phearun.
Bridging the Voices of Local Communities — An Interview with Saing Siem
by Anisa | Aug 31, 2022 | Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
By Ros Sokunthy As the head of Achangrong Sameithmey Agricultural Community in Kampong Chhnang...
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Chhoeun Ratha, a land rights’ activist, is a 40-year-old widow with three children, living in the Ou Vor Preng community land in Battambang province.
Fighting for Land Rights in Cambodia — Interview with Chhoeun Ratha
by Anisa | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog Post, Cambodia, FOCUS Dispatch, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Women | 0
Leading the Charge For more than ten years, I’ve been involved in various reclamation...
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From left to right (clockwise): (1) A street sweeper maintains cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. (2) Garment Workers in Cambodia. (3) Healthcare workers in India taking details of a patient in a respiratory disease ward. (4) Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance as grocery shopping has changed amid COVID-19, Bangkok, Thailand. All pictures © ILO Asia-Pacific
FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE
by Anisa | May 1, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Social Movements, Statement | 0
1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.
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2,000 individuals from different food producing sectors and communities held a protest march in Lucena City, Quezon Province on April 18 to shed light on the issues they are confronting and to challenge electoral candidates to respond to these problems. Photos from Danilo Carranza.
2,000 farmers, fishers, IPs mobilize for ‘radical reforms’
by Anisa | Apr 18, 2022 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, Social Movements, Statement | 0
LUCENA CITY – To commemorate the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles last April 17, around...
Read MoreSALUTING THREE DECADES OF PEASANTS STRUGGLES
by Anisa | Apr 17, 2022 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Statement | 0
Solidarity Statement from Focus on the Global South on the International Day of Peasant Struggles...
Read MoreSama-Sama:Music Beyond Borders
by Joseph Purugganan | Mar 1, 2022 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Feature, Social Movements, Systemic Alternatives | 0
AMP3’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Joseph Purugganan A year before the pandemic, the...
Read MoreVideos: Grassroots Voices: Strengthening Struggles Against the WTO
by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | Asia/World, Event, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Social Movements, Trade and Investment, Video | 0
“WTO out of agriculture and fisheries”, “Down WTO”, “End WTO” have been the rallying cries of...
Read MoreLaos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance
by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement | 0
(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha (United Farmers Front) celebrating the first anniversary of the historic farmers protests at Singhu border, New Delhi. 26 November, 2021.
First Anniversary of Farmer Protests in India: A note of solidarity and support
by Anisa | Nov 26, 2021 | Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0
November 26 marks one year since thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana marched towards New Delhi, in protest against the three farm laws enacted by the Indian Government.
Read MoreFrom Paris to Glasgow: Broken Promises, False Solutions and the Continuing Struggle for Climate Justice
by Anisa | Nov 16, 2021 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Feature, Social Movements | 0
By Joseph Purugganan COP 26 is over and the outcome of the latest negotiations aimed at addressing...
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